1348. (1) In this Chapter—

F969[…]

“body corporate” includes a company;

F970["delegated act" means a delegated act, for the time being in force, adopted by the Commission of the European Union in accordance with Article 44 of the Prospectus Regulation;]

F970["Domestic Regulations" means the law of the State (other than, save where the context otherwise admits, this Chapter) giving further effect to the Prospectus Regulation;]

F971["EU prospectus law" means—

(a) the Prospectus Regulation, and

(b) the delegated acts;]

“expert” F972[…] includes engineer, valuer, accountant and any other individual or body (whether incorporated or unincorporated) the profession of whom, or the profession of members, officers or employees of which, gives authority to a statement made by the individual or body;

F971["Irish prospectus law" means—

(a) the Domestic Regulations, and

(b) the law of the State giving effect or further effect to the delegated acts;]

“issuer” means a body corporate or other legal entity which issues or proposes to issue securities;

F971["local offer" means an offer of securities to the public in the State where—

(a) the offer expressly limits the amount of the total consideration for the offer to more than €100,000 and less than €8,000,000 (and the means by which that limit shall be calculated, in particular in the case of a series of such offers of securities, shall be the same as that provided for by the Domestic Regulations in relation to analogous limits specified by the Domestic Regulations for any purpose),

(b) the securities are other than those referred to in any of—

(i) points (a) to (f) of Article 1(2),

(ii) Article 1(4)(j), or

(iii) point (i) of the first subparagraph of Article 1(5),

of the Prospectus Regulation, and

(c) the offer is not of a kind described in any of—

(i) points (a) to (d) of Article 1(4), or

(ii) Article 5(1),

of the Prospectus Regulation;]

“Minister” means the Minister for Finance;

F972[…]

“offering document” means a document prepared for a local offer which document, if prepared in connection with an offer to which the F973[Prospectus Regulation], would be a prospectus;

“offeror” means a body corporate or other legal entity or an individual which or who offers securities to the public;

“promoter” means, subject to subsection (5), a promoter who was a party to the preparation of a prospectus, or of the portion thereof containing an untrue statement;

“prospectus” means a document or documents in such form and containing such information as may be required by or under this Chapter or EU prospectus law, howsoever the document or documents are constituted, but does not include any advertisements in newspapers or journals derived from the foregoing;

F974["Prospectus Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017⁶ on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended by—

(a) Regulation (EU) 2019/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019⁷

amending Directive 2014/65/EU and Regulations (EU) No 596/2014 and (EU) 2017/1129 as regards the promotion of the use of SME growth markets,

(b) Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 October 2020⁸ on European crowdfunding service providers for business, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and Directive (EU) 2019/1937, and

(c) Regulation (EU) 2021/337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2021⁹ amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as regards the EU Recovery prospectus and targeted adjustments for financial intermediaries and Directive 2004/109/EC as regards the use of the single electronic reporting format for annual financial reports, to support the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis;]

“securities” has the same meaning as it has in F973[the Prospectus Regulation], and includes shares and debentures of a company.

F975[(2) A word or expression that is used in this Chapter and is also used in the Prospectus Regulation shall have in this Chapter the same meaning as it has in that Regulation, unless the contrary intention appears.]

(3) For the purposes of this Chapter—

(a) a statement included in a prospectus shall be deemed to be untrue if it is misleading in the form and context in which it is included, and

(b) a statement shall be deemed to be included in a prospectus if it is contained therein or in any report or memorandum appearing on the face thereof or by reference incorporated therein.

(4) Without limiting the meaning of that expression in any other context in which it is used in this Chapter, “statement” in section 1353(2) (other than paragraph (b) thereof) and any other section of this Chapter that makes provision in respect of an expert, includes a report and a valuation.

(5) Nothing in this Chapter shall limit or diminish any liability which any person may incur under the general law.

(6) For the purposes of sections 1349 and 1351, the following persons shall be deemed not to be a promoter or a person who has authorised the issue of the prospectus—

(a) a professional adviser to any person referred to in section 1349 acting as such,

(b) an underwriter or professional adviser to an underwriter acting as such.

(7) The person referred to as the “purchaser” in the following case shall be deemed to be an underwriter for the purposes of subsection (6)(b).

(8) That case is one in which—

(a) a person (the “offeror”) intends to make an offer of securities to the public; and

(b) another person (the “purchaser”)—

(i) agrees to purchase those securities with the intention of their immediate resale, to give effect to that intention of the offeror, at a profit or subject to payment by the offeror to the purchaser of a commission; and

(ii) binds himself or herself to purchase, or procure the purchase of, any of the securities not so resold.